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I upgraded to Catalina and now my microsoft office won't work and I need it. How do I get it back

I upgraded to Catalina and now my microsoft office won't work and I need it. How do I get it back

Posted on Dec 17, 2019 6:51 AM

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Posted on Dec 17, 2019 6:55 AM

If you have Office 2011 it won't run under Catalina. You need to upgrade to Office 365 or Office 2019. If you have Office 2016 there is a free update.

https://products.office.com/en-us/compare-all-microsoft-office-products-b

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Dec 17, 2019 6:58 AM in response to 007jtspy

What version of Microsoft Office did you have?


Office 2011 and earlier will not work in Catalina. This has been warned for the past 2 years, and the Catalina installer should have further warned you about it before installing it.


Office 2016 has an update: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/troubleshoot/administration/office-2016-for-mac-64-bit-upgrade


365 and Office 2019 should work without issue.


If you have Office 2011 or earlier you will need to buy a new version of Office to work on Catalina: https://products.office.com/en-us/compare-all-microsoft-office-products?activetab=tab%3aprimaryr1


Alternatively you can try out free alternatives such as Libre Office or Open Office or even Apple's own Pages, Numbers and Keynote Apps.

I upgraded to Catalina and now my microsoft office won't work and I need it. How do I get it back

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